Margaret Hamilton of RockhallThe Baroness of Lag
The Much Honoured Lady Rockhall-Lag (Margaret Hamilton of Rockhall, Baroness of Lag)
Credentials
- • Combining Lady / Baroness of TD-barony has social precedent from Innes of Learney in feudal robes: In the Esslemont petition of 1934 the petitioner, Gordon of Hallhead, whose barony was Esslemont, was recorded in the Lyon Register as "Baron of Esslemont" (vol. xxxi, p. 20); Innes, writing as Lord Lyon in 1945, referred to him as "The Baron of Hallhead-Esslemont", who "duly received both chapeau and designation, consistently with the statute and the ancient precedents of Lyon Court" (The Robes of the Feudal Baronage of Scotland, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. 79 (1944–45), p. 160 n. 1 and p. 163). The joined form is a social style; the recorded title remains Baroness of the barony. See baronage.com/proper-address.
- • Verified by The Roll 10 Jan 2025 seeing original Letters Patent "Margaret Hamilton of Rockhall, Baroness of Lag" officially recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms 26th Oct 2009
Authentication
A note on terminology: “Scottish feudal barony” or “feudal title” is an incorrect, defunct historical term for extant barons. Baronies were feudal until 28 November 2004, when feudal baronies were abolished and the dignity of baron was retained — an extant barony is no longer “feudal”. The correct term is Scottish barony or Scottish baron (or baron, lord or earl in the Baronage of Scotland, collectively the minor barons of Scotland); never “feudal baron”. Why the term is defunct →
A barony pledged on the Roll of Scottish Barons is treated by the Roll as hereditary and not in commercio. A pledged barony later conveyed outside the family forfeits its recognition on the Roll in perpetuity. What “Hereditary on the Roll” means →